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Offline ll_gone

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Quantum Theory Question Help..
« on: September 29, 2009, 07:46:04 PM »
Could someone please check if I did these questions right or explain what I did wrong? There are also two I did not understand....
Please help I need to understand this. Thanks!!! :)


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Re: Quantum Theory Question Help..
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2009, 03:24:08 AM »
It looks OK to me.  :)

Question h
It asks about the Pauli exclusion principle that says: two particles with a spin half-integer (which is the case for electrons) cannot have the same four quantum numbers at the same time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_exclusion_principle

Question i
"Degenerate" electrons means they have the same energy. For example, an electron in a 2px orbital and one in a 2py are degenerate. So, what you are looking for are electrons with same n and l quantum numbers, but which can have different ml and s.

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